OPOTIKI'S WATER SUPPLY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 175, 13 April 1918, Page 5

OPOTIKI'S WATER SUPPLY

DAMAGED BY FLOOD. By Telesraph-Press Association. Opotiki, April 12. As the result of the flood the water supply system has been badly damaged, and the town is without water. Electric light and power have not yet been restored, and the town is in darkness every night. The' restoration of the water supply and the electric, light is indefinite.

In Mrs.' Robert Bould, who passed away at Johnsonville 011 Monday last, is removed another of Wellington's early settlers. She was born at the Hutt sixty-seven,years aco. Her father (the late Mr. J. Bryant, of Ohaviu) was then .gardener for the late Mr Ludlam, and he laid out and planted what is now known as the Bellevue Gardens, and afterwards took tip farming in Ohariii. 'He arrived in Xew Zealand in 1840 by the Duke of Roxburg. The funeral, which place on Tuesday, was very largely attended, showing the great respect in; which the deceased lady and her family were held. She leaves a husband nnd grown-up family of four—Mr. 1)'. R. Bould, Government Fields Inspector, of' Te Awamutu, and Mr. C. H. Bould, of the firm of Parker and Vincent, of Levin, and two daughters, Mrs. J. J. Brownlee, of Makara, and Miss Bould, of Johnsonville.

One of the attractions in connection with Paddy's Market (Red* Jersey appeal) next week at the Town Hall will be a boot and shoe stall, of which Mrs. W. D. Stewart- will be in charge. Golf boots, football boots, ordinary walking boots, indoor and outdoor shoos, whether children's or adults', 111 good condition, will lie gladly received. One of the grievances of parents is sometimes that children will persist in growing out of their footwear, and it is quite likely boots and shoes -linvo been thrown aside although in quite a good state, while grown-ups hnvo iu the past often discarded a pair bccausc they were uncomfortable or they were tired of them, or for some other reason. Now that footwear is a very considerable item of expenditure, people can put these discarded articles to n very good use by sending them to Mrs. AY. D. Stewart, c/o Messrs. Hnrcourt's auction looms, Lamhton Quay, from now onwrfrds till Wednesday, when the market opens.